Abstract
We aerosolized the Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) bacteria and collected them on membrane filters. Then we generated air ions by applying a high voltage to a carbon fiber tip and applied them to the contaminated filters. The antibacterial efficiency was not significantly affected by the bacteria being Gram-positive or Gram-negative, however, negative ions showed a lower antibacterial efficiency than positive ions to both E. coli and S. epidermidis, even though the concentration of negative air ions was much higher than that of positive air ions. With a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) images and fluorescence microscopy images using a LIVE/DEAD BacLight Bacterial Viability Kit, electrostatic disruption of the bacteria was found to be the dominant antibacterial effect.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 748-755 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Science of the Total Environment |
| Volume | 409 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Jan 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Converging Research Headquarter for HCE Program funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010K001143).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Pollution